Nutrition & Healthy Eating

We all know we should eat a “good breakfast”. Most of us can still hear the voice of our third grade teacher ringing in our

Plenty of people go through plenty of suffering trying to lose weight. But why does it have to be that way? Surely there’s some discipline

There is much wisdom in the saying “you are what you eat”, but food today is not the food of yesterday. We need to actually

In decades past, very few urban kids had ever even heard of a parsnip, a fennel bulb, or a bunch of kale. In those days,

It’s the rare child who actually wants to eat fruits and vegetables. Kids are bombarded by television and radio ads for cereals, candy, and chips

It has long been known that over evolutionary time the human organism developed in tandem with a vast host of microbial fellow travelers. The 100

In recent years, media pundits around the world have proclaimed the extraordinary value of so-called super foods. Blueberries, broccoli, and especially kale have been described

People often wonder about taking vitamins. Should I bother? Are they worth the money? Which ones should I take? In order, the answers are yes,

Pasta, pizza, and peanut butter. We’ve all been there. For some of us, these three delicious, yet nutritionally limited, pantry items constituted our three main

We all know that Vitamin D is a critically important component in building strong bones and strong teeth. It turns out that Vitamin D has

Plato’s Ideas were perfect templates, of which everything we perceive are tangible representations. But the Ideas were not to be found in the world around

It is now well-known that gluten intake is frequently associated with various serious conditions such as celiac disease, diabetes, and fibromyalgia. Years ago, most people